Remote Desktop Jobs in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Remote Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 525 562
Rank change year-on-year -44 +37 -57
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 180 244 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.39% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.84% 2.21% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 164 193 258
10th Percentile £25,760 £24,025 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,438 £27,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £33,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% -11.84% +7.04%
75th Percentile £43,250 £43,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +3.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Remote Desktop is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,766 11,047 10,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.94% 17.88% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 4,889 6,514
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +11 40 £32,500 -18.75% 13
North of England +31 35 £31,500 -10.00% 11
South West -7 35 £43,750 +56.25% 8
North West +12 28 £30,000 -29.41% 9
East of England -6 21 £32,500 +10.17% 11
Midlands -11 21 £30,000 -10.45% 8
West Midlands +18 17 £27,000 -33.33% 6
Wales +28 16 £28,290 +9.86% 2
Scotland -61 9 £29,500 -22.88% 8
North East +3 6 £36,750 -10.37% 1
East Midlands -25 4 £48,500 +51.56% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +68 1 £42,500 +30.77% 1
Remote Desktop
UK

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (25.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (23.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.78%) IIS
4 3 (1.67%) IBM Notes
5 2 (1.11%) WordPress
6 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.56%) Site Server
6 1 (0.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 32 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 142 (78.89%) Microsoft 365
2 119 (66.11%) Azure
3 47 (26.11%) Entra ID
4 34 (18.89%) OneDrive
5 10 (5.56%) AWS
6 7 (3.89%) IaaS
7 6 (3.33%) GCP
7 6 (3.33%) PaaS
8 3 (1.67%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.56%) Apple Pay
9 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.56%) SaaS
9 1 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (22.78%) Firewall
2 32 (17.78%) DNS
3 28 (15.56%) DHCP
3 28 (15.56%) TCP/IP
4 21 (11.67%) LAN
4 21 (11.67%) VPN
5 20 (11.11%) WAN
5 20 (11.11%) Wireless
6 17 (9.44%) SAN
7 14 (7.78%) VoIP
8 10 (5.56%) VLAN
9 6 (3.33%) Fibre Channel
10 5 (2.78%) NAS
10 5 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (2.22%) Internet
11 4 (2.22%) Network Security
12 3 (1.67%) iSCSI
12 3 (1.67%) SSL
13 2 (1.11%) PBX
13 2 (1.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.44%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.67%) MySQL
3 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.67%) GitLab
2 1 (0.56%) Subversion
General
1 98 (54.44%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.78%) Finance
3 15 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.22%) Legal
7 4 (2.22%) Retail
8 3 (1.67%) Norwegian Language
9 2 (1.11%) French Language
9 2 (1.11%) Law
9 2 (1.11%) Marketing
9 2 (1.11%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.56%) Back Office
10 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (39.44%) Support Engineer
2 37 (20.56%) IT Support
3 29 (16.11%) Desktop Support
4 28 (15.56%) Analyst
4 28 (15.56%) IT Engineer
5 26 (14.44%) Desktop Engineer
5 26 (14.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 25 (13.89%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 17 (9.44%) 3rd Line Support
9 16 (8.89%) Service Analyst
9 16 (8.89%) Technical Support
10 15 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (7.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 14 (7.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 12 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
12 12 (6.67%) Support Analyst
13 10 (5.56%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.11%) CSS
1 2 (1.11%) HTML
2 1 (0.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.22%) iPad
2 15 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (6.11%) Driving Licence
4 9 (5.00%) Smartphone
5 6 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.33%) Replication
6 5 (2.78%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.22%) CCTV
7 4 (2.22%) PKI
8 3 (1.67%) Clustering
8 3 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.67%) EPoS
8 3 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.11%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.11%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.11%) Handset
9 2 (1.11%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.56%) iPhone
10 1 (0.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 135 (75.00%) Windows
2 71 (39.44%) Windows Server
3 26 (14.44%) Windows 10
4 16 (8.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (8.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (5.00%) Windows Phone
7 7 (3.89%) Linux
8 6 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (2.78%) Windows 7
10 4 (2.22%) Apple iOS
10 4 (2.22%) CentOS
10 4 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (2.22%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.11%) Android
11 2 (1.11%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.11%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (35.56%) Customer Service
2 46 (25.56%) ITIL
3 44 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (13.89%) Break/Fix
4 25 (13.89%) Ticket Management
5 21 (11.67%) Problem Management
6 20 (11.11%) Incident Management
7 16 (8.89%) Agile
7 16 (8.89%) Service Delivery
8 15 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 14 (7.78%) ITSM
9 14 (7.78%) Line Management
10 12 (6.67%) Service Management
11 11 (6.11%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (6.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 10 (5.56%) Decision-Making
12 10 (5.56%) Migration
12 10 (5.56%) Proactive Management
13 9 (5.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.22%) PowerShell
2 12 (6.67%) SQL
3 4 (2.22%) Bash
4 1 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (20.00%) Degree
2 30 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (6.67%) A+ Certification
4 8 (4.44%) Azure Certification
4 8 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 8 (4.44%) MCP
5 7 (3.89%) CCNA
5 7 (3.89%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.33%) HND
6 6 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (3.33%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.78%) MCDST
8 4 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.22%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.67%) HNC
9 3 (1.67%) MCITP
9 3 (1.67%) MCSE
10 2 (1.11%) MCSA
10 2 (1.11%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.78%) SLA
2 9 (5.00%) GDPR
3 5 (2.78%) QA
4 3 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.67%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 103 (57.22%) Active Directory
2 48 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (26.11%) Hyper-V
4 23 (12.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (7.78%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (6.67%) Terminal Services
7 5 (2.78%) vSphere
8 4 (2.22%) VMware NSX
8 4 (2.22%) VMware Server
8 4 (2.22%) XenApp
9 3 (1.67%) Terminal Server
9 3 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.67%) XenDesktop
10 2 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.56%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.56%) NFS
Systems Management
1 52 (28.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (9.44%) SCCM
3 9 (5.00%) AirWatch
4 7 (3.89%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.67%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 144 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 56 (31.11%) VMware
3 31 (17.22%) Citrix
4 14 (7.78%) Veeam
5 12 (6.67%) Cisco
6 10 (5.56%) HP
7 7 (3.89%) Aruba
8 6 (3.33%) Dell
8 6 (3.33%) Meraki
9 5 (2.78%) ConnectWise
10 4 (2.22%) Datto
10 4 (2.22%) Sophos
10 4 (2.22%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (2.22%) WatchGuard
11 3 (1.67%) Apple
11 3 (1.67%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.67%) Draytek
11 3 (1.67%) Lotus
11 3 (1.67%) Mitel
11 3 (1.67%) Oracle